Why is Azerbaijan Grand Prix taking place on a Saturday?

This year's Azerbaijan Grand Prix will take place on Saturday afternoon, a day earlier than Formula One's traditional Sunday slot.

This is due to avoiding a clash with Azerbaijan's national Remembrance Day, taking place on Sunday, 27 September.

It means that the whole weekend schedule has been moved forward by a day. The race will take place on Saturday at 12:00 (BST), with qualifying starting at 13:00 BST on Friday.

The race is taking place at Baku City Circuit in the country's capital.

Three practice sessions are scheduled across Thursday and Friday, with the first one starting at 09:30 BST on Thursday.

Azerbaijan's Remembrance Day, first established by the Presidential decree in December 2020, remembers military soldiers whose lives were lost in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. A total of 2,783 Azerbaijan soldiers died in the conflict.

Remembrance Day is held on 27 September, marking the day the war started.

Since its inclusion as a regular Formula One race in November 2023, the Las Vegas Grand Prix is also regularly held on a Saturday night.

Prior to the South African Grand Prix in 1985 - the last to be held on a Saturday until Las Vegas 2023 - races were often held on Saturdays, including the British Grand Prix.

All times listed in BST

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